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NATAS Daytime Emmy Rule Changes: All My Children & One Life to Live Eligible To Compete in All Major Drama Series Categories!

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There is some good news today for fans, performers, and production personnel, when it comes to the revivals and online versions of Prospect Park’s All My Children and One Life to Live, and it comes from NATASĀ (National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) and its new rule changes for the Daytime Emmys!
One of which defines how many episodes a series must have to be eligible for inclusion in all the major daytime drama categories from here on forward.Ā These changes have now been approved and implemented for the upcoming 2014 Emmy campaign!
According to NATAS and being announced today: “Daytime Drama programs which have produced at least 35 original episodes in the calendar year of 2013 will be eligible to enter the same category as the Network Daytime Dramas. Ā This will result in Prospect Park’s One Life to Live and All My Children competing against The Young & The Restless, (CBS) The Bold & The Beautiful, (CBS) General HospitalĀ (ABC) and Days of Our Lives (NBC). Ā All of the actors and crafts people on these shows will also be eligible to compete in their appropriate related categories.”
In addition for web series that do not meet the minimum requirement of 35 episodes there is also a new category adopted for them named “Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series”.Ā So, here is where you could see shows such as Venice, etc land a nomination.

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Finally, for the first time, there will be a category in the 2014 contest honoring āEntertainment Newsā programs which have not had a specific category to enter in the Daytime Emmy Awards. This category will honor programs covering the entertainment industry with a focus on human interest, popular culture and celebrity gossip and interviews. Programs such as the syndicated Entertainment Tonight and Extra are two examples of āEntertainment Newsā programs.Ā Moving forward, these āEntertainment Newsā programs may choose to enter this new Daytime Emmy Awards category or enter the Primetime Emmy Awards in the “Outstanding Informational Series or Special” category, competing with a variety of different kinds of shows. Ā Programs entering in this genre may enter in only one competition; those choosing to enter in the Primetime category would not be eligible for the āEntertainment Newsā category in Daytime Emmy Awards.
David Michaels, Senior Executive Director, Daytime Emmy Awards stated on the category changes,āI am very pleased to include these new categories in the Daytime Emmy contest.Ā I strongly believe that every broadcast entity should have a chance to compete for an Emmy Award in a true peer to peer competition.ā
So what do you think about seeing your favorites from AMC and OLTL getting to participate in the Daytime Emmy process? Who do you think deserves a nomination? There were some powerful performance in season one of AMC and OLTL! What do you think about all the other rule changes?
Weigh-in!
Excellent news! I don’t watch OLTL, but All My Children was doing some really good work last season – I can’t wait for season 2!!
I hope they both win because as of now it looks like prospect park has cancelled One Life to Live and even All My Children season 2. ;-(
Award shows are a joke- whether music,television, web or movies– but I guess if you are into that kind of stuff and you’re a performer or professional in the business and you need a statue to boast your ego; to have someone tell you how “good” you are, which is subjective– then I suppose this is good news for some.
Well you’re just a little ray of sunshine, aren’t you?
Even when they were on ABC, neither “All My Children” or “One Life to Live” sneaked in many Emmy nominations, especially in their last ten years.
This is slightly positive news but I still expect to see “General Hospital” and that Gawd-Awful “Young and the Restless” duking it out for most of the prizes. Yawwwwn.
I don’t understand your need to be sarcastic — I fully acknowledged if you like that sort of thing this would be good news. If have grown cynical of these awards show is because most understand the process by which artists are recognized is flawed at best, or at worst corrupt. But I will admit perhaps the crack about it being all about ego for the artists involved was uncalled for– I was just thinking of one actress who has won multiple times yet still puts her name in year after year– even Oprah had enough sense to stop submitting her show after winning a few times. So, isn’t about ego for all of them– that I retract. But as I said if you like those shows and if you’re happy a favorite actor of yours can be in the running great–root for them. But putting me down for my opinion doesn’t change the reality of these shows for me–
The rich and famous need us ordinary folks support and even more recognition for the work they do, after all acting is so difficult. It won’t really matter anyway, OLTL and AMC aren’t coming back anyway. Since there are only 4 soaps, it is really an award anymore? Sarcastic, moi? LOL š
Good News! Now if they would only put OLTl and AMC back on the air with new episodes!!!
Missing Llandview and OLTL!!!!!
Totally agree.
I too, am missing Llanview and Pine Valley.
Looking forward to Debbi Morgan, Darnell Williams and Sal Stowers getting acknowledged by their peers, if only with a nomination but hopefully a win or two or three. The Emmys were becoming comical with only four shows eligible. It makes winning with hardly any competition a joke. Now at least there’s something to be said for winning if there are six shows in competition.
You are so right Beth!!
SO agree! Sal Stowers more than anyone, truly, deserves at the VERY least a nomination.
With the with the exception of Erika Slezak’s award winning performances ,OLTL was always overlooked when it came to awards. Awards and award shows just seem to be politics not who did the outstanding job.
OLTL has been my favorite show since 1986, and while a few crumbs have been thrown here and there (the 2002 Drama Series Emmy win, the increased ratings after the cancellation announcement, the primetime episode in 1998and the promos around it, etc.) over the years, it is my opinion that OLTL has been sorely overlooked (and treated like a stepchild of ABC) in a lot of areas (promos, appearances on other shows, etc.) for a LOOOOOOONNNG time.
I agree! ABC always treated OLTL like an unwanted bastard child they were embarrassed to admit was theirs, much like a character on one of their soaps, even though IMO it was their best soap. I can’t stand Erica and AMC, although the new version is much better. And GH is plain awful. The Emmys have always overlooked OLTL, instead they like to award their favorites like BB and YR, which IMO are garbage. What is wrong with Steff and Hope? Now PP is treating OLTL with the same disrespect ABC did. It makes me sick. š
One more thing…..PP & ABC or whoever just get your act together and put AMC and OLTL back into production again!
AMEN to THAT!!! Wonder what we FANS have to do to get these shows back on the air or online?!?! Obviously, our voices AREN’T being heard!!
Ditto!!!!!!!!!!!
You both have done one thing we fans can do. Comment on any and every article that mentions any soap and share those articles with everyone you can. Our voices have been heard and we need to continue to be heard!
And it wouldn’t hurt to watch both shows again on Hulu…
Hopefully PP will settle lawsuit soon so BOTH shows can start season 2!
Who cares? I want amc to start production.Seems like the same actors win every year anyway.
Now Debbie Morgan may finally get an Emmy for best performance in a leading role as Actress…she has been snubbed, long enough.
I care. All these people should be eligible for all their hard work.
#-1 I love lucy fan…I don’t think there will be a season 2 on all my children š . Think OLTL and AMC were shut down once more.
I’ve asked Michael Fairman & others about the production status of AMC (it was supposed to have started up this week, I believe), but have not received any responses about it. Losing TK will be a hurdle for AMC, without a doubt, but if they can get MEK back for more than just a few shows, they might have some good ratings.
OLTL is shelved indefinitely, due to the ongoing contractual lawsuit between abc/d and PP.
AMC is still on hiatus, they have had two dates pass when they were supposed to resume production. Many actors have said they are hearing they will resume after the first of the new year – but nothing is firm yet. I am still hopeful.
fingers crossed š thanks
If OLTL couldnt win best soap for its final year on ABC, i doubt the online version would win unless there is an award for how many times they said s..t in one episode… The begining wasnt good…OLTL didnt improve until the end…and Natalie’s scream and look of terror was sooo bad i wanted Alison to knock her out!!! I hope im wrong but i dont think there will be a second season…
I don’t think is fair to the regular TV soap operas that produce and deliver 5 episodes a week. It is unfair to the actors, the production staff and the crafts in these daily programs. These daytime dramas, i.e. AMC, OLTL and web series; should be judged in a separate category similar to what NARAS (Recording Academy) has done with digital downloads, etc.
But acting is acting. No matter how many episodes the show produces.
It wasn’t fair to cancel AMC and OLTL to being with.
They’re eligible.
Deal with it.
it’s totally fair, look at House of Cards it won Emmys. it’s like every other show on television
They said similar things about cable programs when they first started because of the different production values. Yet they all compete against the regular network shows.
Well I think many of us are just so completely frustrated and bewildered by Prospect Park’s deafening silence regarding the status of either ALL MY CHILDREN or One Life to Live that even good news is overshadowed by these emotions.
Why can’t Prospect Park simply issue a statement?
Days of our Lives should once again receive the top honor! Still the most innovative soap on air!! Edgy and entertaining!!! DAYS delivers daring daytime drama delisiously!!!! Have fun; play in the sand!!!!!
I am very happy with the news of these rule changes. The hard working professional on these shows deserve to have their work recognized just like everyone else.
To TPTB at PP, please, please, please bring back OLTL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
one life to live will not be back. lets face it, its over. the online version really sucked big time. prospect park are idiots. they are flakes just like abc.
I disagree with u..Thank you for Prospect park in doing something nobody, no network or production team would have ever done AND that is to revive our beloved shows somehow and somewhere..PP is taking baby steps; this is a work in progress new concept, so I think they will not just give up on this only after the 1st season.
Agree with Omar. At least they are trying!
Prospect Park holds the rights to ALL MY CHILDREN for almost a full decade from what I understand. They may bring the show back for a “Season 2” if the financial backing is there, and if other matters are resolved. So, unfortunately, there is no way to know when and if it will return, and what actors will be available. Obviously, if the plan is for the show to be back in January, they would really have to get production dates moving along, and I don’t see that happening. Evidently, all the Actors and people involved with TOLN / Prospect Park have been advised not to issue any statements whatsoever and to refrain from commenting when asked about the status of the so-called “Season 2”.
It is a very very sad situation indeed.
GREAT Sal NEEDS a nomination and production must resume for both shows!!!
Hopefully this will be a motivating factor for Prospect Park.
I think if PP could combine the actors from AMC and OLTL into a 5 day -1hour show, it could be a great show provided it was written well. They could take AJ and Miranda back down to appropriate ages and bring in the younger people from OLTL. Let Blair run the coffee shop instead of that awful nightclub or at least make the nightclub not so sleazy. I would really like to have Krystal running the coffee shop. Jesse and Bo could run the police department. We’ve got David ,Angie , and Joe being doctors. I think these shows could go together very easily. I am an AMC fan but would welcome and enjoy the actors from OLTL. Anybody else like this idea? I would love to see Vicki , Dorian ,and Erika in a room together!
Yes, I’ve been saying it for years, they should combine the characters since Pine Valley is not far from Landview, and the show would be (working title)
ALL MY CHILDREN HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE – Obviously I don’t mean that as a true name for the show but they could title the show something else and keep the familiar characters from both shows. Heck it wouldn’t be any worse than constantly showing people dancing at SHELTER on the recent One Life or having everyone having business meetings at Jane’s Coffee Shop on ALL MY CHILDREN. With a little imagination and clever writing, they could combine the two shows, both creations of Agnes Nixon.
ABC looked into combining both shows to cut costs several years before they were cancelled. There were several crossover story lines broadcast like the baby swap with Kevin, Kelly and RJ, but the idea failed at that time. But maybe the time has come.
BTW we had a game whjile watching to find the same set in Llanview and Pine Valley. Coffee shop=Coffee shop. Dorian’s house=Chandler’s house. Bo’s office=FBI gal’s office. Matt’s apartment=Pine Valley Police. And so on. lots of fun cause the plots were so boring. š
I will be cancelling my HuluPlus subsription.
Tired of waiting and waiting and waiting…….
YAAAAAAAAY! I am happy for all those involved with these shows, now they will be eligible to be honored for their work. Good job NATAS!
We need working titles from fans who want to see both shows combined.
Maybe they could call it “One Life in Pine Valley” ~ they really could easily combine the two shows, the sets are pretty much the same anyway and Jesse could be called in to investigate the terrible fire that happened at SHELTER – it would be a great way to get rid of SHELTER and then gradually mesh the characters from both shows together. This would appease fans of both One Life and AMC and it would be a whole new show.
Please hurry up and do season 2 for amc and oltl i really miss watching them.
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‘All My Children’ Movie Writers for Lifetime Revealed: Ron Carlivati, Jamey Giddens and Leo Richardson

This week began and as reported with a spotlight article on Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos and how their production entity, Milojo, has been teeing up the All My Children reboot with Lifetime.
The L.A. Times featured the married couple, co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark, and former All My Children cast members (where they met and fell in love) about their plans to bring two All My Children movies to Lifetime and how they are working with the Agnes Nixon estate to make it come to fruition,
On Wednesday, it was revealed by Daytime Confidential, that All My Children reboot producer, Andrew Stearn handpicked none other than Ron Carlivati (ex-head writer, One Life to Live, General Hospital and Days of our Lives) and Jamey Giddens (who is the new co-head writer of The Young and the Restless, following his tenures on the writing teams of Beyond the Gates and Days of Our Lives), as the two scribes who will bring the first of two of Kelly and Mark’s All My Children movies to the page.

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RON CARLIVATI AND JAMEY GIDDENS CONFIRM THEIR BOARDING THE ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIE PROJECT
The second installment is said to be written by primetime writer Leo Richardson whose credits include: Star,Ā Katy KeeneĀ and more recently the Penn Badgley (ex-Phillip Chancellor IV, The Young and the Restless) starring series, You.
Richardson also wrote for three years on the U.K.’s long-running soap, EastEnders. All My Children revival fans will recall Richardson’s name was attached as the writer for the first incarnation of the All My Children movies, entitled, Pine Valley.
Ron Carlivati took to X and confirmed he is indeed boarding the All My Children movie project. Carlivati shared, “So excited to share this news! Thanks to Andrew Stearn, Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Albert Bianchini and the Agnes Nixon estate for entrusting Jamey Giddens and me with the first of two planned All My Children movies for Lifetime! Stay tuned!”

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Jamey Giddens confirmed DC’s announcement by taking to his account on X and expressing, “I’ve been booked and busy in 2026. Thanks to Andrew Stearn, the Agnes Nixon estate, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos for entrusting Ron Carlivati, and me with the first of two planned All My Children movies for Lifetime!”
Some fans seemed to question how Giddens could be writing for the first All My Children movie at Lifetime, when he is the new co-head writer at The Young and the Restless with Dan O’Connor. Jamey answered that head on via X and explained, “We turned in our All My Children script months ago. My sole focus as of this past Monday, is Genoa City, Wisconsin! #YR”
ERICA KANE, MARIA SANTOS AND HAYLEY AND MATEO SANTOS TO APPEAR IN THE ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIE REVIVAL?
In the planned stories,Ā Susan Lucci’s Erica Kane and Eva LaRue’s Maria Santos will be two characters whose lives we will get to see for the first time since the series was canceled by ABC back in 2011 after 41 years on the air. As well, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos confirmed they will make brief appearances on-screen; one could assume as Hayley and Mateo Santos.
āItād be wonderful to give the fans something that theyāve been yearning for so many years,ā shared Mark Consuelos to the LA Times. āAll My ChildrenĀ gave me my family. I met my wife there. It gave me my start in the business. It gave us so much. It would be a dream to be able to give back.ā
So, what do you think of Ron Carlivati and Jamey Giddens getting nod to write the All My Children movie #1 script and Leo Richardson #2? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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‘All My Children’ Revival Updates: Lifetime EVP Speaks on Why Proposed Movies are Great Fit, Mark Consuelos Wants To ‘Give Back’ to Fans

The All My Children revival via movies at Lifetime is still in the works from former series stars and marrieds, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, through their production company, Milojo.
The co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark were featured this week in a Los Angeles Times article which detailed their efforts to bring some of the citizens of Pine Valley back to your screens.
As previously reported, and reaffirmed by the L.A. Times, the All My Children movies will be set in the present day and focus on what beloved characters such as Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) and Maria Santos Gray (Eva LaRue) are doing now. In addition, Kelly Ripa confirmed that she and Mark Consuelos will also appear on screen briefly most likely appearing in their signature soap roles as Hayley and Mateo Santos.

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ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIES BRING NOSTALGIA THAT CAN BE MADE TO FEEL NEW AGAIN
Elaine Frontain Bryant, executive vice president and head of programming for A&E, Lifetime, and Lifetime Movie Network said of the All My Children reboot, āLifetime is always interested in shows that kind of tap into a powerful nostalgia that can be made fresh for todayās audience. Thereās a whole generation of women that have missed these stories and these characters.ā
As for working with Kelly and Mark on the Lifetime movie versions of the soap, “Theyāre exactly the kind of partners you want at a brand,” expressed Bryant. “Theyāre trusted voices because every day theyāre talking to their audience, which, a lot of times, is our audience. They bring a real credibility and have an authentic point of view. You meet Kelly and Mark and kind of what you see is what you get, and I think they bring that same authenticity to their development standards.ā
Albert Bianchini, executive producer for Milojo, says he knows All My Children is so wildly popular with the fans of daytime. That was punctuated when seeing it in person, and how the energy was off the charts back in January of 2025 when Kelly participated along with Susan Lucci, former head writer, Lorraine Broderick and casting director, Judy Blye Wilson in a conversation with Andy Cohen at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.

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“Iāve never seen a crowd like that in my life. People were lined up around the block, recalled the Bianchini.Ā “Everyone wanted to know, āWhen is (All My Children) coming back? We want more.āĀ We got to see that in real life and Kelly got to feel it in real life, and it made so much sense. I just know that the minute it gets out in the world, people will want more and more and more. Thereās just a love there.ā
Kelly Ripa added that they are, “working closely with Bob and Sarah Nixon, who are also serving as producers.” She recalled, āShe (Agnes Nixon) was so far ahead of her time. She covered topics that werenāt being covered. It was extraordinary the audiences that the show drew, and she served them real stories that were affecting Americans across the country but werenāt necessarily being represented anywhere.ā
āItād be wonderful to give the fans something that theyāve been yearning for so many years,ā shared Mark Consuelos. āAll My ChildrenĀ gave me my family. I met my wife there. It gave me my start in the business. It gave us so much. It would be a dream to be able to give back.ā
THE CANCELLATION AND STOPS AND STARTS OF ALL MY CHILDREN REBOOTS
All My Children aired on ABC from 1970 to 2011. It got a second chance at life when Prospect Park resurrected the show and brought it to The OnLine Network and Hulu for one season in 2013.
Recently, the series made a return through the estate of Agnes Nixon and is streaming internationally on BEONDTV and through their partnership with PlutoTV Canada with episodes starting in 1995. Fans hope original episodes will some day soon be available in the U.S. as well, but that could prove more difficult since ABC owns the rights to the episodes stateside.
Now 13 years later, while there is no word yet on a definitive production start date to the two movies at Lifetime, all the people involved seemed determined to make it come to life.
So, what do you think of the executive vice-president of Lifetime and LMN being enthusiastic about Kelly and Mark’s All My Children movie revivals? Are you wanting to see this come to fruition? Kelly and Mark seem to have made this a very high priority.Ā Do you hope that by 2027 we might be able to get this to the finish the line and into production? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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‘All My Children’ Episodes to Stream on Pluto TV Canada
Starting on May 1, All My Children fans in Canada will be able to see classic episodes of the beloved former ABC soap opera when they stream on Pluto TV Canada.Ā
Pluto TV picked-up the All My Children Channel that the Nixon family has created in partnership with BEONDTV +. The show which aired for 41 years on ABC and ended on the network in 2011, had so many memorable storylines and characters; the least of which is the enduring run of Erica Kane played by soap icon, Susan Lucci.
As previously reported, starting with episodes from the year 1995, which was the 25th anniversary of the soap. Pluto TV Canada viewers will be able to catch 8 episodes on repeat per day. With the success of the venture, the Nixons are hopeful that they will bring viewers many more years of the show to come.

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Sarah Nixon, producer, shared with Michael Fairman TV exclusively, “We are thrilled that Pluto TV has launched All My Children in Canada! Let’s hope the engagement from our incredibly loyal fans across the border will encourage ABC to bring it to the U.S.!Ā We share what Aggie (Agnes Nixon) always felt, that it is the enthusiasm and love from the fans that has kept this legacy beloved and relevant – to this day!”
In addition, 0ne week ago, during Susan Lucci’s visit to Los Angeles promoting her book La Lucci, she was joined by her former Pine Valley castmates, Rebecca Budig (ex-Greenlee, AMC, now Taylor, B&B) and Eva LaRue (ex-Maria, AMC) and the trio posed for a pic. At that time, LaRue shared via Instagram, “NEW All My Children channel streaming classic episodes 24/7 now on Pluto TV Canada! Fingers crossed to watch soon on Pluto US.”
That was also confirmed this week by TV Watercooler’s Jeevan Brar who took to X and expressed, “The All My Children channel begins streaming this Friday, May 1 on Pluto TV Canada.
So, Canadian viewers, excited about Pluto TV’s All My Children channel? United States fans, hopeful from Sarah’s message that perhaps soon, we can see the beloved soap once again as well? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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